Sustainable Building and Indoor Air Quality

• Other Authors: González Lezcano, Roberto Alonso (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; vernacular architecture; sustainability; energy efficiency; history; statistics; society; acoustics; environmental quality; learning space; occupant comfort; sustainable architecture; sustainable building; visual comfort; thermal comfort; ventilation comfort; VOCs; polymer-based items; indoor air quality; test emission chamber; exposure scenario; natural lighting; artificial lighting; indoor lighting design; chronodisruption; circadian rhythms; daylighting; sustainable lighting design; LED luminaires; indoor environment quality; classroom lighting; sustainable development; desalination; reverse osmosis; renewable energies; environmental impacts; decision support systems; types of contract; in-vehicle air quality; pollution model; thermal environment; solar radiation; VOCs exposure; CFD; environmental health; building energy simulation; water flow glazing; experimental validation; schools; heat perception; user's perception; qualitative technique; POE; weather file management; weather datasets; weather stations; sensitivity analysis of weather parameters; thermal zone temperature; building energy management; unitized facade; Water Flow Glazing; mean radiant temperature; final energy consumption; Artificial Neural Network (ANN); Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS); Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); photovoltaic power; weather data; facility management; construction materials; "smelly buildings"; Belgrade; Serbia; Mexico; energy simulation; building energy model; Open Studio; SGSAVE; NOM-020-ENER-2011; climate zoning; traditional construction systems; social housing; verification method; climate change; global warming; carbon footprint; GHG emissions; climate emergency; hydrogen; PEM fuel cells; cogeneration; building sustainability; energy saving; hygrothermal comfort; indoor green; vertical greenery; cost-benefit-ratio; sick leave; absenteeism; alternative quantification method
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This Special Issue addresses a topic of great contemporary relevance; in developed countries, most of peoples' time is spent indoors and, depending on each person, the presence in the home ranges from 60% to 90% of the day, and 30% of that time is spent sleeping. Taking into account these data,...